Our Mission
Exercise, Educate, Empower.
We strive to empower and support individuals impacted by Parkinson’s and related movement disorders with their care partners, families & healthcare professionals.
Our Pillars
Providing Support, Education,
and Care for Parkinson’s Disease
Community
Exercise
Respite
Education
Meet Our Staff
Kristin Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
Kellee Johnson
Director of Operations
Angee Ludwa, MPT
Director of Exercise
Julia Wall
Director of Education
Deb Colling
Director of Fitness
Katie Alexander, CMP
Special Events Manager
Stephanie Woznak, LMSW
Social Worker
Torrey Davenport, DPT
Northern Michigan Programs Manager
Jennifer Muscat, MSW
Program Outreach Coordinator
Lisa Anga
Philanthropic Advisor
Not Pictured: Meri Sheen, Database Manager
Board of Directors 2025
Jeff Laethem
Chairman
Aaron Ellenbogen, D.O., MPH
President
Lawrence Millman, CPA
Treasurer
Deanna Hatmaker, MSA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice Chair
Jeffrey Appel, Esquire
Vice Chair
Brian True
Vice Chair
Kristin Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
David Floore
Matthew Floore
Gary Gavin
Edwin B. George, M.D., Ph.D.
Suzanne Holguin, RN
Dan Jaroshewich
Nate Jolliff, CSCP
Mary Sue Lanigan
Peter A. LeWitt, M.D.
Sheela Manyam
Randy Pagel
Honorable Sara Schimke
Danette Taylor, DO, MS
Jacqueline Thompson
Richard Winkelman
Professional Advisory Board 2023
President, Board of Directors
Movement Disorder Specialist
Michigan Institute of Neurological Disorders
Physical Therapist
CEO Blatt Rehabilitation Consultants
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Henry Ford Health
Neurosurgeon
Spectrum Health
Movement Disorder Specialist
Neurologist
Henry Ford Health
Movement Disorder Specialist
Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, Director, Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic,
Co-Director, Movement Disorder Clinic, University of Michigan Medical Center
University of Michigan
MSU Neuroscience Program,
BioMolecular Science (Cell and Molecular Biology)
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Occupational Therapist
Residential Home Health
Chief of Neurology, Ascension Health Michigan
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Henry Ford Health System
Movement Disorder Specialist
Henry Ford Health System
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Michigan
Neurology, Bronson Methodist & Children’s Hospital
Bronson Neuroscience Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine,
Harper University Hospital and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration
Hospital in Detroit and is Director of the Movement Disorders Center at
Wayne State University and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Hospital;
Detroit Medical Center of Neurology
Movement Disorder Specialist
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology
and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Michigan State University School of Human Medicine and
School of Osteopathic Medicine
MSU Department of Neurology & Ophthalmology
Movement Disorder Specialist
Henry Ford Health System; Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Henry Ford Health System
Movement Disorder Specialist
Henry Ford Health System; Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Henry Ford Health System
Movement Disorder Specialist
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Henry Ford Hospital.
Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Physical Therapist
Director of Exercise, Michigan Parkinson Foundation
Movement Disorder Specialist
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair, Clinical and Translational Research
Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship
University of Michigan
Movement Disorder Specialist
Michigan State University
Department of Neurology
Lead Physician, Functional Neurosurgery
Covenant Health Care
Movement Disorder Specialist
Neurologist
Mercy Health and Munson Healthcare
Movement Disorder Specialist
Michigan State University Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Movement Disorder Specialist
Neurologist
Mercy Health and Munson Healthcare
Movement Disorder Specialist
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Michigan
Clinical Social Worker
Movement Disorders Surgery Program
University of Michigan Health System
Partnerships
Contact Us
More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's Disease.
You are not alone in your journey. We invite you to connect with us.
